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Speaking to Parliament's Human Rights Joint Committee, Shabana Mahmood said judges at the UK's highest court "provided the legal clarity in their legal decision which is exactly their job".

In her evidence, to the Human Rights Joint Committee, the justice secretary also addressed the government's policy on transgender prisoners.

The problem facing Republicans is that the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation concluded that their bill would add $4.6 trillion to the debt.

The Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation score the bill, estimating how much revenue it will bring in.

In December, the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, agreed to form a joint committee to oversee its administration - an agreement which has so far come to nothing.